Dr. Stacy Sims

But, you know, you can also feed forward to modern day now and you're seeing that all this perturbance of hormone and the way we regulate hormone across the circadian rhythm requires more calories for women than it does for men.

It's great.

It's great.

It's great.

I've seen the evolution. When I was 16, one of my friend's brothers was a bodybuilder and he took us to the gym, kind of like what you did with your sister. And so both of us were like, oh, we want to beat those guys. So we got into weight training with him, not to be a bodybuilder, but it's been like the paramount throughout all of my athletic career.

I've seen the evolution. When I was 16, one of my friend's brothers was a bodybuilder and he took us to the gym, kind of like what you did with your sister. And so both of us were like, oh, we want to beat those guys. So we got into weight training with him, not to be a bodybuilder, but it's been like the paramount throughout all of my athletic career.

I've seen the evolution. When I was 16, one of my friend's brothers was a bodybuilder and he took us to the gym, kind of like what you did with your sister. And so both of us were like, oh, we want to beat those guys. So we got into weight training with him, not to be a bodybuilder, but it's been like the paramount throughout all of my athletic career.

Used to be I'd be the only woman on the lifting platform. And now it's like you have to wait because there's so many women on the lifting platforms. I love it. It's great.

Used to be I'd be the only woman on the lifting platform. And now it's like you have to wait because there's so many women on the lifting platforms. I love it. It's great.

Used to be I'd be the only woman on the lifting platform. And now it's like you have to wait because there's so many women on the lifting platforms. I love it. It's great.

It's a central nervous system aspect. There's a lot of, like, if we look at the culture of how a lot of us grew up, and I'm saying us like 45 plus, right? The women were all the 90s supermodels, don't show muscle, that kind of stuff. So always been gravitated to cardio.

It's a central nervous system aspect. There's a lot of, like, if we look at the culture of how a lot of us grew up, and I'm saying us like 45 plus, right? The women were all the 90s supermodels, don't show muscle, that kind of stuff. So always been gravitated to cardio.

It's a central nervous system aspect. There's a lot of, like, if we look at the culture of how a lot of us grew up, and I'm saying us like 45 plus, right? The women were all the 90s supermodels, don't show muscle, that kind of stuff. So always been gravitated to cardio.

Even now if you go to a gym and you're a new member or you're signing up for a new member and you're a woman, they'll say, hey, great, here's all of our spin classes and our box fit classes.

Even now if you go to a gym and you're a new member or you're signing up for a new member and you're a woman, they'll say, hey, great, here's all of our spin classes and our box fit classes.

Even now if you go to a gym and you're a new member or you're signing up for a new member and you're a woman, they'll say, hey, great, here's all of our spin classes and our box fit classes.

Yeah. And there's the cardiovascular machines. A guy comes in like, all right, how much do you want to put on? Here are the lifting platforms, all the weight trainings at the back. starting to see a shift with boutique type gyms, but that's still the commonality there. So it's still that little bit of taboo.

Yeah. And there's the cardiovascular machines. A guy comes in like, all right, how much do you want to put on? Here are the lifting platforms, all the weight trainings at the back. starting to see a shift with boutique type gyms, but that's still the commonality there. So it's still that little bit of taboo.

Yeah. And there's the cardiovascular machines. A guy comes in like, all right, how much do you want to put on? Here are the lifting platforms, all the weight trainings at the back. starting to see a shift with boutique type gyms, but that's still the commonality there. So it's still that little bit of taboo.

So when women start strength training, they haven't been exposed to that kind of central nervous system stress before. And the whole aspect of getting the nerve and the acetylcholine, which are little vesicles that hold the ability for the nerve to actually stimulate the muscle fiber, all that gets trained really quickly.